B. ‘Argentea-guttata’

McGregor Bros. Co., catalogue Springfield, Ohio : 1912. http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/186265 BEGONIA ARGENTEA GUTTATA – Purple bronze leaves, oblong in shape with silver markings; white flowers in bunches on ends of growth stems; American homes and gardens. New York V. 6 1909 Jan.-Dec. http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/130750 Argentea guttata is of strong, upright habit, freegrowing and many-branched Its leaves are olive green, spotted thickly with silvery white on the upper surface. Below, they are a dark red.

• Classification: Cultivar
• Plant Type: Shrub-like
• Originator: Lemoine
• Date of Origin: 1888